Gate valve is the joint name of the door and the valve reading, which refers to the famous family that has been an official for generations, also known as the door, the crown, the family, the giant room, etc. The gate valve system is the most significant system of selecting officials in Chinese history from the Han Dynasty to the Sui and Tang dynasties, and its actual influence has caused the important official positions of the state to be often monopolized by a few surname families, and the influence of personal background on their official career is far greater than their own talents. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that the gate valve system was gradually replaced by the imperial examination system, which was based on the examination of personal literacy level.

Of course, it is said that this is the case, but the actual situation is that the gate valve has always existed, although because of the war at the end of the Tang Dynasty, a large number of gate valves lost land and property, coupled with the severance of the genealogy and reduced to the same as the common people, but the old gate valve is gone, and the new gate valve will be generated, alternate cycle, immortal and indestructible.

In fact, the soil in which the gate valve survives is not the so-called Jiupin Zhongzheng system, or the inspection system. Even in the Sui and Tang dynasties, after the imperial examination system was produced, there were still a large number of gate valves, such as the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the six towns of the Sui Dynasty, the twelve generals of the Eight Pillars, and the five surnames and seven wangs in the early Tang Dynasty were all typical gate valves.

The reason why these gate valves suffered their demise was because the later Tang Dynasty's festival system produced a large number of warlords, and the emergence of warlords must have a considerable impact on the gate valves.

But what about after the impact? The warlord became the new gatekeeper.

The reason is simple, when a person acquires certain rights, he always hopes that he will be able to enjoy the same rights from generation to generation, and the emperor can pass on the throne to his son. But the warlords can't, for the simple reason that the emperor won't allow it. Although the emperor would not allow the warlords to be passed down from generation to generation, the emperor did not prohibit them, and the descendants of the warlords became civil servants through the imperial examination system.

Just like the gate lords of the Wei and Jin dynasties, it was much easier for the warlords than the peasants to cultivate a talent who could pass the imperial examination. In this way, the next generation of warlords entered the court and became civil servants, which were not as good as their fathers, but they also enjoyed the rights of nobility.

The second generation succeeded, but what about the third? Isn't it time to follow this path as well? In this way, the original warlord became the new gatekeeper.

Moreover, coupled with the use of the original means of marriage between gate lords, warlords can marry with Wenchen, the first generation, the second generation, and the third generation, and a new system is formed again.

Since the Tang and Song dynasties, although the imperial examination system has given the average child carp the opportunity to jump over the dragon gate, but it has not completely produced the soil produced by the gate valve.

Because of this, there will always be a steady stream of new gate valves, but they are much more low-key, which makes people have the illusion of civilian politics.

Zhao Weiji is also one of the people who have this illusion, they all say that the Song Dynasty was a society where civilian politics completely entered the stage of history, and it is true to say so, but don't underestimate the power of these gate valves.

At the moment when Guo Bailiu joined Zhao Weiji's team, the entire Shu regime in Shuzhong suddenly became a fruity girl in front of Zhao Weiji, and any details could be seen at a glance.

Who are the people in charge of the Dashu regime, what backgrounds these people have, what they look like, and even what they like, and what weaknesses they have, all of them have been presented in front of Zhao Weiji's case. Not only that, but the defensive forces of the states and counties under the current Dashu regime are also included, and this kind of intelligence ability can only be reached by Zhao Weiji's pigeons that have been operating for many years.

"Horror, for your Guo family, I can only describe it as horror." Seeing the content in front of him, Zhao Weiji didn't know how to describe his feelings, and his wisdom of using a thousand years beyond the level of the times was still not inferior to these old foxes who had been entrenched in this country for many years.

And from the chat with Guo Bailiu, it can be learned that their Guo family is actually not too big, because his father died too early, so that the Guo family who finally retreated to Shu did not get too good development. Although here in Shu they are the emperors hidden behind them, they are limited to Shu land.

But don't underestimate that this is limited to Shu, the establishment of Hou Shu and their Guo family played a vital role behind it, and the Great Song Dynasty destroyed Hou Shu was able to go so smoothly, and their Guo family also made no less efforts.

Gate valves are such a thing, they have no loyalty, only family interests, and whoever is in their interests is the object of their allegiance.

Although the Guo family still has the hegemony of the five surnames and the Qiwang period, there are still many officials in the Great Song Dynasty who have a relationship with them.

"Although it is not enough for the prince to be able to take whichever city he wants at any time, it is still easy for the prince to know himself and his opponent." Regarding the evaluation given by Zhao Weiji, Guo Bailiu took it as a compliment and accepted it very proudly.

"Then let's start with Mianzhou." Since the information is so sufficient, Zhao Weiji is not welcome, he doesn't want to stay in Shuzhong for too long, because the child in Li Nian's belly has already been born, and he is a daughter. For Zhao Weiji, who is controlled by this daughter, going back to see his daughter is the most important thing.

……

Three months later, in the palace of the king of Shu in Chengdu.

"King, Bazhou has also fallen."

For three months, almost every dozen days, news of the fall of a state came in. Mianzhou, Qiongzhou, Qingcheng, Shuzhou, Pengshan, Jiazhou, and now Bazhou is gone. Almost all the prefectures and counties around Chengdu have fallen, and although Yuzhou is still in the hands of the rebels, the connection between Yuzhou and Chengdu has basically been cut off. And all the warships that the rebels had built with all their energy were in Yuzhou.

"The widow knows, in the past three months, you have not had any good news for the widow?" In the past three months, Li Shun can be said to have lived in fear every day, since the fall of Langzhong and the capture of all the generals of Zhang Wanger, the rebel army began to decline rapidly like an avalanche.

The official army led by Zhao Weiji and the previous official army are like coming from different countries, and the official army under Zhao Weiji can be described as invincible.

Coupled with the strange siege equipment they used when attacking the city, the rebel army could not resist at all, and wherever the official army went, there was no obstacle, and the official army of less than 50,000 people had swept through Shuzhong in three months.

After basically leveling the surrounding areas of Chengdu, Zhao Weiji's next target is Jinguancheng, the capital of Shuzhong.

"What is the matter now, my lord? The next target of the official army must be Chengdu, with the current garrison strength of Chengdu must be no match for the official army, now it is time for the king to make a decision, is it to defend Chengdu, or to break through to Yuzhou, and then use Yuzhou's warships to attack Jingzhou? ”

In fact, from the truest thoughts of Li Shun's heart, he doesn't want to give up Chengdu, because giving up Chengdu means completely giving up Shuzhong, as a native of Shuzhong, he is not willing to give up Shuzhong completely, but the problem is that if you don't give up Shuzhong, there is only one way to die.

After weighing it repeatedly, Li Shun made a decision, that is, to sneak to Yuzhou with only a small number of people, and let Qian Bin, the only remaining general of the Shu regime, stay in Chengdu to delay the actions of the official army.

Li Shun's idea cannot be said to be good, because although it can delay the official army and win time for them to go east to Wuxia, it also completely damages the morale of the rebel army, and staying in Chengdu is equivalent to being abandoned.

However, Li Shun couldn't manage so much, and the instigation of Wang Chaomeng and high-level officials made him make such a decision to violate the oath of the original uprising, and also laid the groundwork for his future fate.

……

In this way, when Li Shun led a small number of people to slip out of Chengdu, the offensive and defensive battle in Chengdu began.

To tell the truth, Zhao Weiji's impression of Chengdu is actually very good, when he was in college, he had a crush on a girl in Chengdu, and in order to chase this girl, he had a summer vacation in Chengdu for a month. Although he was still issued a card in the end, he still fell in love with the city of Chengdu. Because Chengdu snacks are so delicious, Zhao Weiji, who has been in Chengdu for a month, has eaten almost all Chengdu snacks, as well as those "fly restaurants", and the most terrifying thing is that he also learned a fluent Chengdu dialect.

"The people of Chengdu, as long as you surrender, this king promises not to pursue anything, not to slaughter the city, not to rob people, as long as you surrender, everything is easy to discuss, do you want to get it?" When Zhao Weiji arrived at the city of Chengdu, he suddenly began to persuade him to surrender in fluent Chengdu dialect of later generations, and the entire official army was stunned.

Not only the officials and soldiers, but even the people of Chengdu were stunned, the Chengdu dialect at this time was not quite the same as that of later generations, but the foundation was almost the same. So Zhao Weiji's words still sound a bit specious. The rebels in Chengdu only thought that this prince was not very good at speaking Chengdu dialect, but Zhao Weiji sounded quite kind when he spoke like this.

The rebels, who were already shaken by Li Shun's abandonment, were stimulated by Zhao Weiji's persuasion with a Chengdu accent, and immediately someone wanted to defect before the battle.

"Huh? Did you hear that? Do you want to surrender or not? I think you also know what my attitude is towards the states and counties that I fought before, as long as I surrender, everything will be easy to discuss. "Zhao Weiji really doesn't want Chengdu to be damaged again because of the war, Chengdu has really been baptized by too much war in the past hundred years or so, so at this time, he can persuade him to surrender.

Just after Zhao Weiji's second words came out, less than a stick of incense passed, and someone in the city replied: "Do you count what you say?" Is it that if we surrender, anything can be discussed? ”

"Yes, yes, yes, as long as you surrender, everything is negotiable."

Just after Zhao Weiji answered like this, a strange thing happened, the north gate of Chengdu, which was surrounded by officials and soldiers, suddenly opened, and a group of people tied up a person who seemed to be a general walked out.

"What you say, we surrender now."